Welcome

The Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) at the University of California, Irvine is part of the University of California Multicampus Research Unit (MRU) of the same name (UC ITS), which has branches at the Irvine, Davis, Berkeley and UCLA campuses. The UC ITS mission is to serve as the premier university-based transportation research center in the world, recognized for advancing the state of the art in transportation engineering and planning, delivering multidisciplinary research and education, and informing policy through direct engagement with leaders from the public sector, industry, and nongovernmental organizations.

ITS research at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) involves faculty and students from The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, the School of Social Sciences, the School of Social Ecology, the Paul Merage School of Business, the School of Law, and the Bren School of Information and Computer Science. The Institute also hosts visiting scholars from the U.S. and abroad to facilitate cooperative research and information exchange, and sponsors conferences and colloquia to disseminate research results. ITS is a member of the Council of University Transportation Centers, (CUTC), and is a regular participant in the USDOT's University Transportation Centers program.

Research at ITS covers a broad spectrum of transportation issues. Current funded research projects at Irvine focus upon: